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Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1887-10-06
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Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1887-10-06
STATE OF NINsRsoTA,l,,

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Jas. r. BtSNxrT, JR.,
H. Attorney for Mortgage,
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-07-30
She Didn't Know.

An anecdote told ill the London SpectdOr illustrates the slip of tho tongue which happens through igno. rance, instead of inattention to what one is saying. A clergyman, being al Brighton just after It had been ar ranged to erect an aquarium there was conversing with lady.
 The name of a gentleman was men, tioned, and something the clergyman said showed that he was we'll ac- quainted with him.
 Dear me" exclaimed the lady. "l didn't know that Mr. P- was such friend of yours."
 "Yes, we have known one another fol years," answered the clergyman, add ing, as an explanation of their inti- macy, I've are both antiquarians, you know"
 "Oh, yes," replied the lady. "Have you heard that we are going to have an aquarium here?"
 The clergyman speedily and quick ly changed the subject.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-07-30
The Southern Spirit.
Boston Herald

A highly cultured lady of rare re- finement, and member of one of the abolitionist families of Massachusetts, who is now teaching at the south writes most encouragingly of her life among that people in private letter to friend in this city. She says of the inland town where she is situated: "One cannot know the south by any rapid tour through it; one must live in its houses and hear what the people think and feel, and understand why they think and feel as they do. The south is happier than the north; peo- pie here are less restless; less goaded by competition and envy, and there is a purer democracy, fewer social lines founded upon merely external advan- tages. The spirit of brotherly love is more obvious here, and much is real love between themselves. 1 do not even exempt the colored man, for 1 believe he gets as much sympathy here as he does at the north"
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-07-30
Where Water is a Deadly Drink.
Philadelphia Record.

Strangers in Mexico are at first greatly troubled with thirst, as rapid evaporation renders the mouth and throat extremely dry. Water affords no relief, and is, withal, more danger ous to indulge in than any "tangle- foot" whose effects may be slept off. When we reflect that this old, old city 1.-the ancient Tenochtitlan of the early Aztecs, has been the site of a populous cMy for more than six hundred years, and during all that lime, while em- pires have arisen and fallen, dynas- tics decayed, and myriads have lived, died and been buried here, this cuplike hollow, high up in the hills, has never been drained, but on the contrary, has been drained into from all the surrounding country, one has no disposition to taste the waters of so vast charnel house. To be sure, there is the living spring of Chapul- tepec, still brought down to the capi- tai by that old Spanish aqueduct Give miles long and three hundred years old); but unless you live close by one of its few fountains and sec the sweet, pure water taken therefrom, you can never be sure of what you are drink ing. The licensed carrier, who ped dies water from door to door, at the rate of .ia1ftofW for Hoco q cents), is quite as likely to have drawn it from some filthy well filled with washings from the Campo Santo
 Other portions of this volcanic coun- try abound in such conglomeration of minerals and chemicals as to render the water extremely dangerous, and the traveller is warned that to drink much of it may entail incurable ills
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-07-30
A Dishonest Man.
Newman Independent.

"I never saw greater rascal in my life than old Smith is" remarked a farmer.
 "What makes you think so?" quer- jed friend.
 "Why, he said that the first sack of oats that 1 sold him was too light, so 1 put large iron wedge in the next sack of oats, just to please him, you know, and"
 "Did he kick against the wedge?"
 "No, he would have split his foot if he had kicked against the wedge. He did worse"
 "Did worse?"
 "Yes: the blamed old thief kept the wedge"
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-07-30
A Rural Railroad.
Portland News.

When General Sherman was at Walla Walla several years ago the people desired that he should have a good railroad ride, and requested Dr. D. $. Baker, the owner of the tlatcar line to Wallula, to convenience the general by rigging up box-car. Dr. Baker is minus front tooth, and like Sleary, Charles Dickens horse rider, is affected with an impeachment to his speech, articulating the letter ''s" like "th." To the citizens who called on him he said: "General Therman ith no better man than am. If he don't want to ride athride of wheat thack to Wallula he can walk, thath all.' That settled it. The accumulation oi military glory was in Dr. Bakers power, and he rode into Wallula il the manner described.
 On another occasion Dr. Baker ten dered a well-known Portlander al annual pass over his road, containing the usual conditions on the back, ex. empting the company from responsi. bility in case of accident to tn, | holder. Said the latter: "Were I tt be injured while travelling over youl road l would be so ,chagrined tha would never mention it."
 "Thath it." said the doctor indig nantly. "IIere have gone to worl and built thith railroad to help tn, country, and get nothing but abuthe abuthe. l am president of thith com pany at monthly thalary of $200 but the thockholderth have nevel paid me thent in two yearth."
 Who are the stockholders?" was tn, inquiry.
 "Mythelf, my thon and my thon in-law."
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-07-30

A0 Photos. for gents only. 1ec. Extra fine BOG. @Oa doz. 3 dog. asserted S1 Sure to suit French transparent playing cards sl 9.
 G. M. HANSEN, Chicago, HI.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-07-30
A Cheap Pair of Pictures.

For forty cents we will mail, post. paid, to any address, the splendid col. ored engravings, the "Arkansaw Tray. eler" and The Turn of the Tune also, without extra charge, the orig. inal story of the 'Arkansaw Traveller as told by Colonel Sandy Faulkner
 and the music of the "Arkansaw Tray. eler" arranged for the piano. Ths pictures are gotten up in the highest style of art and possessing such his. torical interest they should have { place in every household. Postag, stamps taken. Address Read & Ben. ham, 7s Calumet Bldg, Chicago, Ill
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-07-30
Companion Pictures.

The historical pictures of the "Ark. ansaw Traveller" and "The Turn O the Tune," together with the origina dialogue and music of the "Arkansaw Traveller" mailed to any address ol receipt of forty cents. Read & Ben
 ham, 76 Calumet Bldg., Chicago, III
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-07-30
Warning.

How many people ruin their stom achs by swallowing cold drinks on a hot summer day when they could avoid all danger by adding ten drops of Angestnra Bitters, besides impart- ing delicious flavor to their summer beverages.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-07-30

Stationery and stationary once bore intimate relations to one another. Formerly stationery was sold on the corners of streets or at the mail sta tions where horses were changed. The place was known as station and the man who kept it as stationer.- Boston Journal cf Education.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-07-30

An Unconscious Confession. de- clare, 1" said Mrs. Spinkinwither, "what gadder Mrs Snickerson Isl I never go on the street without seeing her P -Haypes's BaSdr.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-07-30

"Think twice before you speak once," says an exchange devoted to women. What sort of brains do you think the average woman has, anyway? To do that a woman's brain would have to go as fast as a walking dele
 gate's dime in . beer saloon.-- Yonkers
National Republican., 1887-03-19
THE COPPER PRODUCTIONS.
Increase in the Output of Lake SUI
perior and Falling or in Arizona.

MIR. Charles Kirchoff agent of the United
States geological survey, has prepared for the
division ofmnng statistics of that bureau a
statement concerning the copper production
OF lSsG. The total product OF the year wa
Not less than i86, 800. .ois pounds were turned
out by American refining works. including u
small quantity OF blister exported as such, aud
small amounts of unrelned copper going dt.
rtCty to consumers Deducting from this the
exports, l9,5O4O8l pounds, there remain over
llIOO0,00O pounds available for home con-
sumption, OF which about 6l,0OQ,OO0 pounds
came from Lake Superior, aud the balance,
5S,OC0,000 pounds, from other sources. The
export OF matte and ores amounted to 2O,s76
long tons, which. at 57Iz per cent. fine, would
represent about 27,000.6O0 pounds. A SIN ali
part of this Is matte from the smelling
OF burnt Canadian pyrites. An important part
OF II is 1885 product in transit at the beginning
way TO England in the opening OF the current
year. The 1886 receipts in Great Britain were
25,l73,l2O pounds fine, to which must be added
an unknown, though small. quantity to the
continent. III the absence OF an exact state
ment of the, fine copper contents of matter
exported, and the. wide fluctuations In the
quantity in transit at any, particular time,
quantity retained for home consumption, and
amounts exported.
The important features in the copper trade
of the United States in 1886 have been the con-
tinued increase in the output of Lake Superior
and the falling Off of Arizona and Montana,
the sharp decline i'll the quantities exported
and, above all the notable increase In the
quantity Of copper which sought the more
remunerative home market. Coupled with this
tendency TO overstock the home trade In the
face of q declining output is the important
fact that the quality of miscellaneous grades
has improved, and that consumers have learned
TO better utilize relatively lower grades Of
copper.
While the local supply has increased, the
consumption In this country has, on the other
hand, developed again In the most satisfactory
manner,
National Republican., 1887-03-19

re entire area OF the great state OF New
HtIk, ploughed and planted.
The value Of these farms had increased in
the same time from three and quarter
thousand millions to over twelve thousand
million dollars.
And what wonderful variety OF pro-
ductsl Corn, wheat, oats, barley, hay, po
tatoes, cotton, tobacco, sugar, are the prln-
ciple ones. but It would require whole
newspaper to merely catalogue the agrlcul-
tural products-to name the varied things
that the nine million agriculturalsts Of the
country produce.
In 1850 the corn production was 592, 2,000,
COO bushels, in 1856 It was 1905, 200, 900
bushels,and its farm value was $610, 100000.
In 1850 the wheat product was 100, 900, 900
bushels and in 1856 1t was $4,000, 900
bushels, the farm value being 1914, 100000.
In 1850 we prodnced 146, 100000 bushels Of
oats and in 1885, 62i, 200, 900 bushels, worth
on the farm Sls10O0,000. The value OF
these three cereals alone, In 1886, on the
farms where they were produced would more
than pay the entire national debt. Add to
them the value Of the hay, cotton, tobacco,
potatoes, and other products for the year
1856 and the sum would nearly pay the en-
tire expenses OF the war of the rebellion.
Last year there were planted in corn
75,694,20S acres, in wheat 36,sO6, lSi acres,
in oats 23,G5s, 474 acres. II the entire states
Of New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio were
turned into cornfield, they would only be
little larger than the cornfelds Of the
United States last year. New York and
New Jersey would be required to make the
wheat fields and Ohio the oat fields.
The space devoted to these cereals this
year is considerably larger than last year,
and yet they take up but little more than
one-third Of the landin cultivation.
These few fgures-and they are Official
show the immepsity of the farming inter
ests Of the country and the amount they
every year add to the worlds subsistence
comfort, and wealth.
National Republican., 1887-03-19
The Farming Season.

The season OF the year has arrived when
the breath of spring and tire rays of the
sun touch the teeming earth and the first
steps arc taken which culminate in due
time in the bounteous harvests that yearly
add so much to the wealth of the country.
The nine million people Of this country
who In one way or another are engaged
in the cultivation of the soil must now
prepare for the labor that creates, through
the fertility Of the earth so much of what
feeds and clothes SO many Of earth's mil.
lions.
Do many persons ever stop to think of
the immensity of the crops grown In the
United States and Of the steady increase in
the number OF acres planted each yearS In
1850 all the 'improyedn land In cultivation
was l13,0O0,000 acres; in 1860, 163,0O0,000
acres; In 1870, 1S9,OOO,0OO acres; in 1880,
2s5, 900, 600, and in 1926, 345,OOO,OOO acres
that Is, $4,000 square miles, twelve times
National Republican., 1887-03-19

MH, p4YLEss w. HANNA, our minister to the
argentine Republic, was recently taken to see
u vaccine farm near Buenos Ayres Mr.. Hanna
was not known as an eloquent orator when he
lived in Indiana, but he seems TO be regular
spouter uow.-New York Tribune.
Cur Gotham contemporary is In error.
Mr.. Hanna was famed for oratory "when he
lived in Indiana" There are legions Of
Democrats in the Wabash valley who still
regard Mr.. Hanna as a consummate master
of rhetorical eloquence. But this was not
his only or chief title to glory. Mr.. Hanna
is the proprietor OF a magnificent baritone
voice, and 1t was his habit to make judIclous
use OF 1t to arouse popular enthusiasm in
political campaigns. No other statesman
OF the present day can vie with Bayless W.
Hanna, Of Indiana, as political soloist.
National Republican., 1887-03-19
THE eu1Lronp MILLER CASE.
His Entry for tho Land Improperly
Allowed.

In compliance with request from the secre-
tary Of the Interior the Attorney General has
rendered an opinion In the celebrated case of
the Northern Pacific Railroad Company vs..
Gulford Miller pending in the Department of
tho Interior on appeal from the decision Of the
commissioner Of the general land Office. The
history Of the case, briefly stated, is as follows;
On Dec. 20, 1884, Miller made homestead entry
Of the tract In question in the Walln Walla
Wash. Ter, land office. The tract, so entered,
lies within forty miles OF the line of general
route of said road, as shown by map led
Feb. 81, 1872, which filing, under the granting
act, operated to withdraw the land from
settlement and entry. on the definite loca-
tion of the road Oct. 4, 1850, the
land was found to be outside OF the
forty, and within the fiity.mile indemnity limit,
ana the withdrawal on general ronte was CON
tinued as an indemnity Withdrawal. Tho
company selected tho land Dec. IL, 1888. Tho
principal question at issue is, whether the
railroad indemnity Withdrawals are author
lied by law, or, In other words whether the
officers of the Interior Department had or have
authority to withhold lands within the in
demnty limits from entry and settlement.
The Attorney General finds that such With
drawa does not rest upon any statutory pro-
vision, but upon general rule of the land de-
partment, which has been recognized by Con-
grets; repeatedly affirmed by the Supreme
Court OF the United States. aud may now be re-.
parded rs too well established to be questioned.
The land having been continuously with
drawn since 1872, 1t follows, therefore, that
Millefs entry was Improperly allowed.
National Republican., 1887-03-19
PERSONALITIES.
SENATOR PLATT is in the city.

SENATOR PLATT is in the city.
SENATOR GoRMAN is In New York.
EX-SENATOR THURMAN and wife are at the
Ebbitt.
SECRETARY E.DIcorT is expected back this
morning.
THE new Austrian minister sails for this
country to-day.
sESAToR-ELEcT DANIEL B. LucAs, OF West
Virginia, is at the National.
COMMANDER R. p. LEARY has been ordered
to San Francisco to command the Iroquois.
Mr.. JOSEPH II. BRADLEY is quite weak, and
there is little encouraging in his condition.
MRS. HENRY WARD BEEcHER, accompanied
by her daughter, passed through the city yes
terday en- route for Florida.
JOSEPH Roy, of Merrillon, wis, was yester-
day appointed chief clerk of the Postoilice De-
parlmeDt to succeed Mr.. Nash.
Ex-REPREsESTATIvE BENTON ]. HALL, OF
Iowa, is named as the successor to Mr.. Mont
Gomery as commissioner of patents.
SENATOR CuLLoM denies that any errors have
been discovered in the official copy of the inter-
state commerce law which In any way changes
It's meaning.
EX-Gov. ROBINSON, who has been rendered
one ofthe interstate commissionershipsa and de.
clined the same, left the city yesterday after
neon for his home.
Hon. JAMES II, BLAIR, of Greenyille, Pa,
President OF the Ohenengo and Allegaany
Railroad Company, accompanied by his wife,
is stopping at the Riggs House.
GEN. W. s. RosEcRANs register of the treas.
uIy, has accepted an invitation to formally
open 81. Joseph's Church fair Easter Monday
night, April IL, at the National Rifles armory.
Mr., NJ. DORIAN. of ST. Paul, Mimi, ia at the
Arlington. Mr.. Doran said last evening that
his visit here was simply to escape the severity
of the weather in the northwest, aud was for
no political purpose.
RECORDER TRoTTER has been waited upon
by committee of o. i. Morton Post of the
G. A. r., consisting Of Col, George NJ. Arnold,
Maj. J. W. Butcher, and Capt. C. b. Fisher,
and invited to visit the post, which invitation
has been accepted.
GEN. JoHS b. HENDERSON of Missouri, is at
the Arno. He had intended TO erect resi-
dence on his land recently purchased, on Six
teenth street, near Boundary, but finding that
the plan of extension of Sixteenth street would
materially interfere with the shape of the lot
he has about decided to sell this property aud
purchase another lot, on which will be erected
his contemplated Washington residence,
National Republican., 1887-03-19

The interstate commissioners will not
have more than fifteen days in which to
study and try to comprehend the intricacies
OF the law "to regulate commerce." Thou
sands Of the brightest minds in the world
have been studying the problem of how to
''regulate commerce" for cycles of years
and have not solved 1t yet. Perhaps the
commissioners can do It,
National Republican., 1887-03-19
OnpEns for the lllustrated Combined

ORDERS for the Illustrated Combined
Foreign, Consular and Senatorial Edition
Of the NATIONAL REPUBLICAN are being re-
ceived daily from all sections Of the coun-
try. The average daily orders for single
copies reach into the hundreds, while news
dealers wholesale orders are enormous,
and every mail brings an increase.
This editlen contains over $50 accurate
portraits and biographical sketches Of
President Cleveland and his Cabinet, all
Of the United States senators, and many Of
the ministers from foreign legations ac-
credited to the United States resident at the
Natioxal Capital. Send 10 cents for q copy
of this 1s-page illustrative history to the
NATIONAL REPUBLICAN, Washington, d. G.
National Republican., 1887-03-19

ONE of the first bills offered at the extra
session Of the Virginia legislature was to
repudiate all the state Indebtedness not
funded in Ridileberger bonds. Another
bill proposed to repeal the local option
law. This is true Democracy; free whisky.
and reputation will probably be the
slogans Of the Democratic party Of Virginia
in the next campaign.
National Republican., 1887-03-19
An Extra Session in October

The opinion seems to gain ground that there
viii be an extra session of Congress, but It
rs hardly probable that IL will meet before
October. The deficiency bill and the river and
h0rbor bill are two measures that call loudly
for the extra session, The political work which
the next Congress will discuss will be formid-
able barrier 10 legislation, therefore there is
The more necessity for extra work by Congress.
These are the views held by u number of mem
bels still In the city.
National Republican., 1887-03-19
DRoPosALs FOR CONSTRUCTING TWO
SCHOOL HOUSES,
DRoPosALs FOR CoNsTReCTIoN OI
Il SCHOOL BUILDING
OFFICE OF THE ENolNnEn COMMISSIONED,


Washington, D. o., March III, 1887.
Sealed proposals will be received UNTIL IL
1887, for constructing a two.story elght-rOOm
school house fronting on 1874 street, between @
and streets S. w.
Blank forms OF proposals and specifications,
together with all necessary information, can bc
obtained upon application therefor at the oilce
OF the inspector of buildings OF the District Of
Columbia, and only bids upon these forms will
be considered.
The right Is reserved to reject any and all
bids or parts of bids.
WILLIAM LUDLOW,
mh16-6t Engineer Commissioner ID. c.
National Republican., 1887-03-19

The question was agitated not long since
whether lower prices prevailed in Baltimore
than in Washington. The opinions Of our
citizens were ventilated in the columns of the
REPUBLICAN and the unanimous verdict was
favorable TO the capital city. II would seem
from the development OF our stores that were
even the great Wanamaker to locate hero he
would have formidable rivals His methods Of
business find counterpart In our Palais Royal.
Proprietor Wanamaker and Lisner have the
same system of dividing their stores into vari.
Gus departments, each being, virtually, a store
Of itself and presided over by q buyer who l.
held accountable. They also both hold morn
ing receptions, when their buyers arc invited
to exchange ideas with their employers Not
always however, for It's said the employers OF
the Palais Royal well know by one ring of Mr.
Lisners Office bell whether 1t Is to be q repri-
mand or an invitation to a business and social
chat One store, and then two, and not long
after three stores. and then giant building.
This history ofa comparative brief period IL
lustrates tie business development of Wash
tngton and is complimentary to the energetic
Palais Royal proprietor.
National Republican., 1887-03-19

TIE Democrats begin to despair OF carry
ing Indiana next year, and are reaching for
Massachusetts, to fill the aching void. The
Bay State is not at all inclined to fall into
such an embrace. The wumping of the
Massachusetts, Mugs eliminated In 's4.
National Republican., 1887-03-19

TEE members Of the Virginia legislature
have ordered seven thousand copies OF Gov.
Lees message. 1t will be an excellent
campaign document in the next election
for the Republicans.
National Republican., 1887-03-19

BULLpozING and rifle clubbing had at
least the credit of requiring brute courage.
Tissue ballot stufllng showed some in
genuity, but the new style of Virginia
"speaking" only requires the ability TO be
very mean.
National Republican., 1887-03-19

THE legislature of Tennessee has made q
liberal appropriation for school purposes,
but the amount does not equal the sum
tots! Of the repudiated bonds Of Tennessee
held by the trustees Of the Peabody fund.
National Republican., 1887-03-19
SATURDAY, MARCH 10.
Alnusements.

NArfoSAL-Thstcher, Primrose and West.
ALBAuGB's-Rosna Nokes.
KERNAS's-Americau and European Novelty
Company.
BIIou--"A Ring of Iron"
DIaE-May Adams and Burlesque Mins.rels.
TIE MANASSAS AsPASoRAMA-15th st. Il Ohio av,
National Republican., 1887-03-19

TAXATION without representation is not
in accord with the American idea, and
should no longer exist az the capital of the
nation. Let all the people unite and de-
mand representative.
National Republican., 1887-03-19

THE Rhode Island campaign, now fairly
opened, promises more excitement than has
been known in the politics of that state
since the Dorr rebellion.
National Republican., 1887-03-19

ONE Of the most pressing needs Of the
District of Columbia is representative in
Congress.
National Republican., 1887-03-19

II. R. H., THE Prince of Wales, graciously
consents to be as plant as clay in the
hands of the Potter
National Republican., 1887-03-19

A NEW light is illuminating New York.
The Erening S,n is shining bright as its
morning namesake.
National Republican., 1887-03-19

st. Louis a Central Reserve City.
The Acting Secretary Of the Treasury yes
terday designated ST. Louis, No., as central
reserve city, under the provisions of the act
passed at the last session of Congress. The
application for such designation was signed by
allthe national banks OF Sc. Louis, and 1t is
the first city to take advantage of the new law.
BREAD, saturated with st Jacobs Oil cures
chicken cholera. Force 1t down throat.